# Center for Smart use of Technologies for Assessment of RealworldOutcomes (C-STAR)

> **NIH NIH P2C** · REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO D/B/A SHIRLEY RYAN ABILITYLAB · 2020 · $81,501

## Abstract

Project Summary—Didactic Interactions 
 There is a critical need to provide educational activities to assist researchers and clinicians in the 
consistent and meaningful use of the vast array of technologies that are currently available to assess patient 
performance. Scientists and clinicians at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and Northwestern University have 
extensive experience successfully using sensors, mobile apps, and other devices with their patients in the 
clinic, home, and community. Our highly collaborative scientists and clinicians will share their knowledge, 
experience, and technical and clinical know-how to provide training and enhance expertise across the field of 
rehabilitation research and practice. 
 Educational programs for the Center for Smart use of Technologies to Assess Real-world Outcomes (C- 
STAR) will be designed and organized by our scientific and clinical experts who will ensure that a broad range 
of topics relevant to C-STAR are suitable for diverse audiences within the rehabilitation field, and do not 
overlap with existing materials or educational offerings. Specifically, we aim to: (1) Develop a broad range of 
educational activities for research and clinical professionals within rehabilitation and related fields who are 
using (or plan to use) technology to measure patient performance; (2) Customize content to our target 
audience by providing these educational activities through a variety of mechanisms including onsite at Shirley 
Ryan AbilityLab, at professional meetings, and through live and archived distance or online learning methods; 
(3) Build an online repository of learning materials that is accessible to the research community, thereby 
increasing our reach in a cost-effective manner. Some examples of programming will include in-person 
conferences or courses, accredited continuing education online courses, webinars, podcast series, special 
sessions at national professional conferences (such as the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine or 
IEEE-sponsored conferences), and free seats to Academy continuing education programs. 
 To achieve these aims, we will leverage the resources of the Academy—the not-for-profit educational arm 
of the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. The Academy is one of the largest centers for continuing rehabilitation 
education in the world, offering more than 80 on-demand webinars on a wide-range of rehabilitation topics 
including brain injury, stroke, and spinal cord injury. In order to ensure that the needs of the C-STAR 
community are being addressed and to identify new areas in which additional educational activities could be 
developed, we will regularly conduct needs assessments and collect feedback from our learners.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9967455
- **Project number:** 1P2CHD101899-01
- **Recipient organization:** REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO D/B/A SHIRLEY RYAN ABILITYLAB
- **Principal Investigator:** Rebecca Bagdy
- **Activity code:** P2C (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $81,501
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-05-01 → 2025-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9967455

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9967455, Center for Smart use of Technologies for Assessment of RealworldOutcomes (C-STAR) (1P2CHD101899-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9967455. Licensed CC0.

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